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do you mean election day should be changed to MLK's birthday?

by nopzor 5y ago

dalbasal 5y ago
The Queens Birthday (a public holiday) is on a different date in different commonwealth countries... so maybe not that wild a suggestion.
- robotresearcher 5y ago
  It's not a public holiday in the UK. Some civil servants get a 'privilege day' off, but most Brits don't even know about this.
- saalweachter 5y ago
  I maintain that the Fourth of July should be made a floating holiday, on the first Thursday in July, to facilitate 4-day weekends. So this year, for instance, the calendar would go July 4 (Independence Day, Thursday) - July 1 (Friday) - July 2 (Saturday) - July 3 (Sunday) - July 5 (Monday).
  - mikepurvis 5y ago
    This is basically what happens in Canada, where our national holiday is official July 1st, but ends up moved to the closest Friday or Monday.
    - throwawaytemp27 5y ago
      No. It is on a Thursday this year. Like all holidays if it is on a Saturday or Sunday it is observed on the Monday. But it doesn’t move if it is on Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday.
      - mikepurvis 5y ago
        The official holiday is always on July 1, but when it's midweek, celebrations often don't get rolling until late in the day (eg [1]). I've always interpreted this as an acknowledgment that a lot of employers let people switch the day-off to a nearby Friday or Monday. [1]: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/canada-day-2015-13-places-to-celebrate-locally-1.2446082 https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/canada-day-2015-13-places-to-ce...
- skissane 5y ago
  In Australia, Queens Birthday public holiday is even celebrated on different dates in different states. Most states, first Monday in June. Queensland, first Monday in October. In Western Australia, it is not a fixed date and the state government chooses a new date each year, but usually they pick either the last Monday of September or the first Monday of October. (WA does have a public holiday on first Monday in June, but that's not Queens Birthday, that's Western Australia Day.)
- ILMostro7 5y ago
  Depends on the day that people say God ordained her to be Queen?
dap 5y ago
I assume they meant that the existing federal holiday observing MLK‘s birthday should be moved to the existing Election Day, So that election day is off for most people, and we still observe MLK, and there can be no objection to an additional holiday.
SilasX 5y ago
Falsehoods programmers believe about time: dates of birth are immutable. /s
knodi123 5y ago
Western cultures moved the date of Jesus's birth to late December for political reasons. So there's precedent. Besides, I don't think MLK's birthday is that significant anyway. Nobody celebrates his birth, do they? Sure, celebrate the date of one of the Selma marches, or of the I Have A Dream speech, or the date of his death.... But in my opinion, it's sufficient to set aside a day to remember him - it doesn't have to be the one day he was statistically most likely to have eaten cake with his family.
- chickenpotpie 5y ago
  Given how much of US history already excludes and edits the experience of black Americans, this would be in bad taste.
  - knodi123 5y ago
    I'm not saying "move his birthday and change the history books". Frankly, I think it would be more respectful to move it somewhere else. Since everyone already calls it "MLK Day", there's no reason we can't use it to commemorate one of his achievements other than exiting a birth canal.
- _-david-_ 5y ago
  >Jesus's birth to late December for political reasons. The Bible says Jesus was born 6 months after John the Baptist. John the Baptist was born within a two week period based of the schedule of John's father priestly duties. Since we do not know the exact year Jesus was born one option is that John was born in June. (His birthday is traditionally celebrated on June 24th.) Six months after that would be December. The idea we know for a fact that Jesus' birthday was not December 25th is just plain wrong.
Alex3917 5y ago
> do you mean election day should be changed to MLK's birthday? No, I mean we go in and edit Wikipedia.

do you mean election day should be changed to MLK's birthday?

by nopzor 5y ago

do you mean election day should be changed to MLK's birthday?

The Queens Birthday (a public holiday) is on a different date in different commonwealth countries... so maybe not that wild a suggestion.

robotresearcher 5y ago
It's not a public holiday in the UK. Some civil servants get a 'privilege day' off, but most Brits don't even know about this.
saalweachter 5y ago
I maintain that the Fourth of July should be made a floating holiday, on the first Thursday in July, to facilitate 4-day weekends. So this year, for instance, the calendar would go July 4 (Independence Day, Thursday) - July 1 (Friday) - July 2 (Saturday) - July 3 (Sunday) - July 5 (Monday).
- mikepurvis 5y ago
  This is basically what happens in Canada, where our national holiday is official July 1st, but ends up moved to the closest Friday or Monday.
  - throwawaytemp27 5y ago
    No. It is on a Thursday this year. Like all holidays if it is on a Saturday or Sunday it is observed on the Monday. But it doesn’t move if it is on Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday.
    - mikepurvis 5y ago
      The official holiday is always on July 1, but when it's midweek, celebrations often don't get rolling until late in the day (eg [1]). I've always interpreted this as an acknowledgment that a lot of employers let people switch the day-off to a nearby Friday or Monday. [1]: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/canada-day-2015-13-places-to-celebrate-locally-1.2446082 https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/canada-day-2015-13-places-to-ce...
skissane 5y ago
In Australia, Queens Birthday public holiday is even celebrated on different dates in different states. Most states, first Monday in June. Queensland, first Monday in October. In Western Australia, it is not a fixed date and the state government chooses a new date each year, but usually they pick either the last Monday of September or the first Monday of October. (WA does have a public holiday on first Monday in June, but that's not Queens Birthday, that's Western Australia Day.)
ILMostro7 5y ago
Depends on the day that people say God ordained her to be Queen?

dap 5y ago

I assume they meant that the existing federal holiday observing MLK‘s birthday should be moved to the existing Election Day, So that election day is off for most people, and we still observe MLK, and there can be no objection to an additional holiday.

SilasX 5y ago

Falsehoods programmers believe about time: dates of birth are immutable. /s

knodi123 5y ago

Western cultures moved the date of Jesus's birth to late December for political reasons. So there's precedent. Besides, I don't think MLK's birthday is that significant anyway. Nobody celebrates his birth, do they? Sure, celebrate the date of one of the Selma marches, or of the I Have A Dream speech, or the date of his death.... But in my opinion, it's sufficient to set aside a day to remember him - it doesn't have to be the one day he was statistically most likely to have eaten cake with his family.

chickenpotpie 5y ago
Given how much of US history already excludes and edits the experience of black Americans, this would be in bad taste.
- knodi123 5y ago
  I'm not saying "move his birthday and change the history books". Frankly, I think it would be more respectful to move it somewhere else. Since everyone already calls it "MLK Day", there's no reason we can't use it to commemorate one of his achievements other than exiting a birth canal.
_-david-_ 5y ago
>Jesus's birth to late December for political reasons. The Bible says Jesus was born 6 months after John the Baptist. John the Baptist was born within a two week period based of the schedule of John's father priestly duties. Since we do not know the exact year Jesus was born one option is that John was born in June. (His birthday is traditionally celebrated on June 24th.) Six months after that would be December. The idea we know for a fact that Jesus' birthday was not December 25th is just plain wrong.

Alex3917 5y ago

> do you mean election day should be changed to MLK's birthday? No, I mean we go in and edit Wikipedia.